Province confiscating unidentified ice-fishing shacks

MANITOBA Conservation has landed the big one — a dozen ice-fishing huts on the Red River without owner identification. André Desrosiers, a natural resource officer based in Selkirk, said that after more than eight years of trying to persuade ice fishers to legibly scrawl their names and addresses near the door of their ice huts, [...]

Ice Fishermen getting the message

Ice Fishermen have been getting the message    since   Manitoba Conservation confiscated 12 ice fishing shacks from the Red River north of Selkirk  last weekend   because there were no names or contact information on them.. Conservation officer Andre Desrosiers  told Let’s talk Fishin on CJOB  Wednesday night  all the shacks they’ve checked this week have been [...]

Ice-fishing shacks seized from Red River

Manitoba Conservation is hauling in some big catches from the Red River. Since last Friday, the department has seized 12 ice-fishing shacks that don’t carry their owner’s name and address. The crackdown comes after several huts spilled into the river after they were left abandoned on the ice last spring. The Manitoba Ice Fishing Association [...]

Lake Winnipeg ice fishing

There is something about big water that attracts me. Maybe it’s the challenge of trying to find fish over a large area. Certainly it’s common knowledge that large bodies of water like Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnipeg grow big fish, another part of the equation. Still when you are trying to find fish [...]

Operation Clean Up

Do your part help keep the banks of the Red River clean. For more information, call (204) 482-3050 Take Pride in the Red! Please do not Litter Discarding bait containers, mono filament line and other types of litter along shorelines, on the ice or in the water is illegal and shows disrespect for the environment. [...]

Ice Fishing Shelters

All ice fishing shelters must clearly display the owner’s name and address. Ice fishing shelters must be removed by March 13 on the Red River, by March 31 in the rest of the Southern Division and by April 15 in the Northwest, North Central and Northeast Divisions, or when requested to do so by a [...]

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